Lower Bayou Blue drivers should avoid pontoon bridge

Monday

May 23, 2011 at 2:48 PM

HOUMA – The Bayou Blue Pontoon Bridge crossing the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway closed Monday for mechanical repairs until further notice.Drivers should take the Prospect Street overpass over the Intracoastal to get between Bayou Blue Road and East Park Avenue, according to state Transportation Department officials.The two-lane bridge had reopened earlier this month after being closed since September. In that case a tugboat pushing barges ran into the bridge. Now, the state needs to repair a motor that controls a wench, which is a spool for cables that pull the bridge open and close.For information call the state transportation office in Gray at 858-2400.

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